Telegram-herald., 1887-06-28


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aaIaf.- b. aeze Elsst ~ them Eas i>aasen,
ash ssFs 'a Cssa.i4 ~ n>1lak sxrursi0o.
had aesn arrest "a 4ad tA<3~a $50 British
iilageo8 0a saeflielau ~ bslnE s-ssian ssin-
Fa--.1efs ksep wrote moving aeccunt *
ter .nsfsrnigs spslgfst ~ EAe pfI-onsrs. told
hos la~g we're eLAsei O. sabif ga tread
aBd water, ard alsgast thai ths t~o ~ho
sssrs snssetei Il l.eing tie iraslers Il tes
patty usfs sg5iected - solitary coniiae-
Hient aad we're keFt Ia nonS Tvs
precious story was supplemented ~ an
aecouDs q an iDterViss With two -
three of tie viefias q Cspafiisa
~ ps<son aisd an argeat appeal ~ ths United
states government - a. 0nrs Figat the wrong
fuTsrea 81 ths imprisoasl eissz@ns The
ease vas aggravated snoGxhs tss writer
alleged, % cali tor war.
A surnber OF the supposed prisoners frisnsis
called meeting a. once. and sioebtless dele
CATION wonli have heen seat % CanalA tie
next day bad aot the fishermen returned %
itoehester on tue evening train sound aud
well and free from syileacss Of imprLsonr
fnent n foreign jail.
Of course thsre vss great Indignation. and
two or three of ths victims of the Joke threat
eaed 70 sue ths paper for hb~l hut the matter
was finally aroepsd though Keep was for
sonse tinsr Ia disgrace with hls employers. who
were as nsuch deceived A. anybody in the
matter ks~p rrgsined bis standins soma
what l4ser - balloon ascsnslon which he
made With = travelling bslIoorist. The mayor
q the city was induced - make the ssent,
and every paper ia the place wanted to send =
reporter Il sas decided thai me balloon
would oisly earry double. bas Kssp's cheek
and persistence carried him tArough. and
when the balloon arose the other reporters
wsFs dissustsl 20 find that there we're three
n,sn IN tue car aAd that one Of them was
keep-
Wei. they had a nice seii IN the clouds. but
their lsssdsng experence wss terrier. The
balloon drifted fourteen or fifteen miles %
the northwest II the city and wien il began
81 sink tbe seronsut th--w o'st his grapn=l
Everything looked favorable Tor safe land
hsg, bat there was strong current OF wind
n-sr the earth that the voyagers had not
counted on. and when the balloon strsck
it al their calculations were sp-et. The
zrnpael caugaf n raj fence. the car was
sllte1 and ths fence was almost as ba1iy de-
nlosalixei as the baiioooists' nerves. The
balloon was carried along at a lively rate and
the rails flew IN every direction. Keep was
the frSt man spilled out and ke came down
al Ia a heap. pretty badly frightened aud
shaken up bat not much hurt. The mayor
feII cut about ten rods further on, bat the
balioonist ciang to the floating craft for
some distance. At iar he was brushed out Of
the i.ssxst by a treet branches, which also
tore open tae zas bag.
OF ccurse Keep bad a big scoop on the
rest Of the boys, AMI hc made toe most Of his
story.
The pahlic Is airsady familiar with Keeps
later life. his success with The Wall Street
News ami the manner IN which he annoyed
Jay Gould through is columns
CHARi.ss LESSLKY.